Fathers of American Revolution Named Among Lexington Minutemen
Lexington Massachusetts April 21 77 men in Captain John Parkers company who fired the shots at Lexington common are listed with surnames linking descendants to the Fathers of the American Revolution Ensign Joseph Simonds Clerk Daniel Harrington Orderly Sergt William Munroe Corporal Samuel Sanderson Corporal Joel Wiles Corporal John Munroe Corporal Ebenezer Parker Drummer William Diamond Fifer Jonathan Harrington Privates Ebenezer Bowman John Bridge Jr James Brown John Brown Solomon Brown John Chandler John Chandler Sr Joseph Comee wounded Robert Doughans Officers Captain John Parker Lieutenant William Tidd Ensign Robert Munroe killed.
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Lexington
Mass
John Parker
Lexington Common
Lexington Minutemen
Joseph Simonds
Daniel Harrington
William Munroe
Samuel Sanderson
Joel Wiles
John Munroe
Ebenezer Parker
William Diamond
Jonathan Harrington
Ebenezer Bowman
John Bridge
James Brown
John Brown
Solomon Brown
John Chandler
Joseph Comee
Robert Doughans
Marion's Secret Sedan Clue Reveals Lee Chow Connection
In a tense scene Marion recalls a night with a sedan and a window face resembling the one she saw before. Auntie Madge identifies the sedan observer as Lee Chow, Hugh Grantland's Chinese servant, linking the mystery to Major Grantland and a Beijing connection.
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Arion
Auntiy Madge
Marion
Lillian
Junior
Katherine
Lilien
Lilian
Madge
Itl
Lee Chow
Litlian
Ladge
Jerry
Les Chow
Mumsie
Lulian
Bes Chow
Hugh Grantland
Major Grantland
List of casualties in the Lexington battle per Coburne study
The fragment lists seventy seven men named as wounded or killed in the Lexington battle, including Isaac Durant Prince Estabrooke and many Harringtons and Lockes, with notes that Porter was not in line. It credits Frank Warren Coburne's study for the main casualty list.
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Samuel Tidd
Joseph Underwood
Benjamin Wellington
Enoch Wellington
John Winship
Thomas Winship
Sylvanus Wood
James Wyman
Porter
Frank Warren Coburne
Lexington
Effective Means Of Reducing Fat
An advertisement claims Marmoia Prescription Tablets reduce weight steadily with no ill effects. They are offered at one dollar per box from Marmola Company in Detroit, Michigan, promising easy fat reduction without starvation or strenuous exercise.
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General Motors Poulding
Detroit
Life story of Joseph R Harker reshapes Illi nois Woman's College presidency
The long career of Joseph R Harker spans over 50 years in education. He left a miner's cottage in England to work in mines at 19 and later became a teacher in an Illinois normal school at 20. In 1833 he was chosen president of the women's college at Jacksonville, guiding remarkable growth.
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Joseph R. Harker
Illiois Woman's College
England
America
Illinois Normal School
Women's College
Jacksonville
Vienna Opens First Baptist Church in Austria
The first Baptist Church in Austria has opened in Vienna. Before the war the Baptist community was small, but numbers have risen significantly since peace was declared and the church building was erected.
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Vienna
First Baptist Church
Austria
Musterole advertisement promising quick relief for colds
Musterole is an easy to apply white ointment made from oil of mustard and other home simples. It claims to prevent colds from turning into flu or pneumonia and is recommended by many doctors and nurses. Children’s Musterole is available for babies and small children in 35c 65c jars and hospital size $2.
First American Women’s Club Claim Linked to Anne Hutchinson
The credit for forming America’s first women’s club is often attributed to Anne Hutchinson who gathered women in early Massachusetts to discuss ministers’ sermons and foster dialogue among the colony’s women.
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First Woman's Club N
America
Anne Hutchinson
Massachusetts Colony
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William Tidd
Robert Munroe
Adele Garrison
Isaac Durant
Prince Estabrooke
Nathaniel Farmer
Isaac Green
William Grimes
Caleb Harrington
John Harrington
Jonathan Harrington, Jr
Moses Harrington
Thaddeus Harrington
Thomas Harrington
Isaac Hastings
Samuel Hastings
Samuel Hadley
Thomas Hadley
John Hosier
Micah Hagar
Amos Lock
Benjamin Lock
Ebenezer Lock
Reuben Lock
Abner Mead
Ebenezer Munroe
Wouried Jedediah Munroe
Nathan Munroe
Nathaniel Mulliken
Isaac Muzay
John Muzzy
Jonas Parker
Jonas Parker, Jr
Nathaniel Parkhurst
Solomon Pierce
Asahel Porter
Narmed
Joshua Reed
Nathan Reed
John Robbins
Phillip Russel
Benjamin Sampson
Joshua Simonds
John Smith
Phineas Smith
Simeon Snow
Phineas Stearns
Jonas Stone
John Tidd
R. J. Forhan
D. D
Forben Company
New York
Forhan
Congoleum
Second Street
Elyria New & Second Hand
West Ave
Broad Street
Cinders
Crooks & Slater
East Ave
Star Shoe Shop
Elyria
Middle Avenus
Ric
Tailors and Dry Cleaners
Middle Avenue
U. S
Ohio Public Service
Ohio Public Service Preferred
The
Ohio Public Service Co
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